Automobile key and license holder



E. H. c. THOMAS AUTOMOBILE KEY AND LICENSE HOLDER Filed Sept. 29, 1927 Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

' UNITED STA EDWARD H. C. THOMAS, 013 BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

AUTOMOBILE KEY AND monnsn HOLDER.

Application filed September 29; 1927. Serial No. 222,735.

This invention relates to an automobile key and license holder provided to conveniently carry thekeys for an automobile on i a suitable key chain or other supporting means attached to a body formed with-separate pockets for the keys and license cards or sheets, and in which the securing of the keys to the body will serve to prevent removal of the license cards or the like fromthe pocket in the body containing them.

The invention is urther adapted to provide a novel holder for a license card or the like retained in the holder by the key supporting means. The keys and supporting means are adapted to be received in a separate pocket wherein they are retained when not in use, so that the holder may be conveniently carried by the owner or driver in his pocket, and which, at all times, will prevent operation of the automobile without carrying the license.

The invention comprehends numerous other objects which relate to the construction and relation of the parts, which are all more particularly pointed out in the following description and claims directed to the preferred forms of construction, it being understood that various modifications may be made which are still within the scope of 'r the invention as herein set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this application:

Fig. 1 is a perspective illustrating the im-/ proved holder with the keys and key. sup- 5 porting means attached thereto, the keys being disengaged from the holder and ready for use.

Fig. 2 is another perspective of the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, the keys and the key supporting agent being inserted in the key receiving pocket, and illustrating the relation of the parts when the keys are not in use.

' 3 is a perspective of a slightly modi- F1 5 fied orm'of construction showing the keyreceiving pocket open at the side and along a portion 0 one end so that the keys may be regdily inserted into the pocket from the s1 e.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along a line as indicated at H in Fig. 1., the material being slightly bulged for convenience in illustration, and showing the license inserted in the license receiving pocket.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of another form of holder similarto that shown in Fig. 3,

having the key receiving pocket. open at one side and one end with the free corner portion provided with a snap fastener.

In constructing the present invention, three sections of flexible leather or other sheet material of a suitable character are used, the sections being indicated at 1, 2 and 3 respectively. These sections are preferably of rectangular form and positioned in superposed position with the side and end edges substantially coincident. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the section 3 is shorter than the sections 1 and 2, and the three sections are united along the side edges and one end edge at 4 by suitable stitching or other desired form of securing means. This leaves the edges at one end of each section free to provide an entrance opening between adjacent sections to the pockets formed therebetween. The license receiving pocket is formed between the sections 1 and 2 which is indicated by numeral 5 while the key receiving pocket is formed between the sections 2 and 3 as at 6.

The central portion of section 1 is provided with an opening 7 to exhibit the license card or sheet with the section showing the name and address to view through thetransparent plate or sheet member 8. This transparent 'plate or sheet member may be constructed of celluloid or similar material which is of a size to correspond with the section -1 so as to overlie the opening 7 and prevent access to the pocket through said opening. The transparent section 8 is secured in posit-ionby the edges 4 during the assembly of the sections in forming .the-

holder, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. It may be also slidably positioned in the pocket by having the sheet member 8 of smaller 'size'than the stitched portions of the sections, it being retainedby the key holding means.

Eyelets 9 are mounted ad'acent to free edges of the sections 1 and 2 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and are adapted to receive a flexible chain 10 or other key supportin means which is to be inserted through botli eyelets and on which the keys 11 are mounted and retained by suitabl securing the ends of the chain, if desired or other key supporting means may' be employed which is locked or connected together to,

form a loop. When the chain 10 is inserted through the eyelets 9, the removal of the license card or sheets from the pocket 5 leis will be prevented. To remove the license card it will be necessary to disassemble the key supporting chain or other means from the eyelets 9 and sections 1 and 2.

In the usualuse of the keys 11 for operation of an automobile, the use of this improved holder will prevent loss of the license and insure its being in the automobile during its operation. When the automobile is not operated, the keys may be inserted into the key receiving pocket 6 as illustrated in Fig. 2 with a portion of the chain 10 and the holder then may be conveniently carried in the pocket of the operator. In this relation of the parts, the chain 10 will aid'to retain the free edges of sections 1 and 2 in adjacent relation and insure retention of the license card in the pocket 5.

With particular reference to Fig. 3 which is substantially the same in construction as the holders shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that the section 3 corresponding to section 3 is of equal size with the sections forming the license receiving pocket and has a portion of one end and one side free and open so that the keys may be inserted into the key receiving pocket 6 from the side'of the holder which will make the operation of inserting the keys into the pocket easier, as they may be flipped into position when the side edge of the section 3 is held in separated relation to the adjacent section.

The holder illustrated in Fig. 5 is constructed exactly similar to that shown in Fig. 3 and in addition, is supplied with the snap fastener 12 for fastening the free corner of the section 13 to the adjacent section for effectively retaining the keys and the key chain in the key receiving pocket. In addition, by lockingthe keys 1n the key receiving pocket with the use of this snap fastener a tension is applied to the chain so that it will hold the free edges of the license receiving pocket in adjacent relation.

From the structures above described and illustrated in the drawing it should be ap parent that a highly novel combination of parts has been provided by this invention in uniting three sections of suitable material in such a way as to form. a pair of open ended pockets, with which a key supporting chain or other means is associated in such a way that it will extend across the opening of one of the pockets to prevent removal of the contents of the pocket in the attached position of the chain, while the keys carried by the chain may be inserted in the other 1. An automobile key and license holder comprising a plurality of sheet sections united to form a pair of pockets having openings between the sections providing access to the pockets, one of said pockets being adapted to receive a licensecard, and the other pocket being adapted to receive keys, and a key holder detachably connected with said sections at the open end of the pocket receiving the license for preventing removal of the license in the attached position of the holder, said key holder providing a carrier for keys to be inserted and removed from said key receiving pocket.

' 2. An automobile key and license holder comprising a body formed with a key receiving pocket and a license receiving pocket, and key supporting means detachably connected with said body and, retaining a license in said license receiving pocket in attached relation with the body.

3. An automobile key and license holder comprising a plurality of flexible sheet sections in superposed relation, means uniting said sheet sections at their edges to form a license receiving pocket between one pair of sections and a key receiving pocket between one of the sections of the first-mentioned pair and an adjacent section, each of ,said sections having adjacent free edge portions to provide access to each of said pockets, and key supporting means detachably secured to the free edge portions of the first-mentioned pair of sections for preventing removal of a license from the license receiving pocket, said means and keys supported thereby being receivable in said key receiving pocket, said sections cooperating with said key supporting means when in receiving pocket in closed relation.

EDWARD H. c. THOMAS;

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